Anybody who reads this weblog on a regular basis knows that I have two current obsessions: weblogs and Google (well, Google’s more a religion than an obsession, I think). Now comes news that Google has purchased Pyra Labs, the company behind Blogger software. This move is huge.
If it’s a day that ends in a Y, there must be new blawgs
Two new blawgs to mention today. Lawyer and Internet techology guru Dennis Kennedy has finally debuted his blog, DennisKennedy.blog. It’s brand new, so give him some time….but big things are going to happen here.
And Ernie’s wife Monique goes live with Products Liability Blawg, a weblog devoted to…yes, products liability. Welcome, Monique! You…
Such a busy weekend
What’s going on here? The weekend is usually a quiet time in the blogosphere. That’s nice, because it gives me time to work on the newsletter. But this weekend my news reader was just bursting with information dying to be told. And tell it I must…
Search engine accuracy to the square foot
A Canadian company is introducing new software that allows businesses feed data on their locations to search engines. Pretty cool concept — say you’re in New York, and you want to know the nearest Italian restaurant. You go to a search engine on your web-enabled phone, the technology would search for such restaurants in
E-filing confusion
I got my refund today — it got here so fast because I e-filed last week. What a time-saver! Despite all the hubbub over its new piracy protection features, I was happy at how easy it was to use TurboTax to file. This year there are even more options for e-filing, and it’sgetting
Attention academic legal writers
Eugene Volokh of the Volokh Conspiracy is publishing a book on writing law review articles, student notes, and seminar papers. The book isn’t due out until April, but there’s an excerpt on this site, as well as some helpful templates and forms. (Via Jurist)
Archiving the future
Law.com has an article today about the challenges facing court administrators as they try to determine the best way to electronically archive documents.
Appellate court sites on the Web
No matter what you think of our federal government, you have to admit that its web presence is pretty darned impressive. Federal courts are no exception; both district and appellate courts have all boasted websites for several years (I wish a similar standard could be created across the country for state courts). But our federal…
Blawgs, glorious blawgs
I feel a little like a broken record, talking about new law-related weblogs almost every day. Nevertheless, I must:
First, an update on Weblogs at Harvard; there’s an About page posted, stating that the purpose of the site is to encourage the creation of weblogs among those in the Harvard universe, from students, to…
A better man than I
Can you imagine going 20 days without a computer? I can’t. Read how someone did and lived to tell about it.
